Wasco-Multnomah-Umatilla County OR Archives Obituaries.....Worrell, Grace Maxine January 19, 2004 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila Wakley iwakley@msn.com March 24, 2006, 7:07 pm The Dalles Chronicle, January 26, 2004 Grace Maxine Worrell, 83, a resident of The Dalles, died at her home on Monday, Jan. 19, 2004. She was born August 17, 1920 in Oakland, Calif., the older of two children to Fred E. and Virginia Grace (Lowden) McNeeley. She lived in Oakland until the age of 12, then moved to Portland where she graduated from Roosevelt High School in 1938. She married James Merton Worrell December 10, 1938 in Portland and they lived in the Portland area for eight years. They moved to Fisher, Wash. near Camas and in 1948, they moved to Umatilla. In 1957 they moved to Rufus, to Wasco in 1961 and to The Dalles in 1964. She was a member of The Dalles Eagles Lodge and enjoyed her family, homemaking, gardening, playing cards at the Eagles Lodge and was a longtime bowler with over 40 years experience on The Dalles League. She is survived by five children and their spouses, Linda and Charles Showaker, Pendleton; Lucky and Patty Worrell, Camano Island, Wash.; Barbara and Twig Zeigler, Ferndale, Wash.; Walter and Colleen Worrell, The Dalles and Vicki and David Perkins, Vancouver, Wash.; eight grandchildren; 13 great- grandchildren; 1 brother and his wife, Fred and Dawn McNeeley, Vancouver, Wash. She was preceded in death by her husband, James on Nov. 13, 1987. Memorial services will be held at Spencer, Libby and Powell Funeral Home on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004 at 1 p.m. with Pastor Lynn Taylor officiating. A luncheon will follow at The Dalles Eagles Lodge. Private burial was held at The Dalles IOOF Cemetery with Spencer, Libby and Powell in care of arrangements. Memorials may be made to Hospice of The Gorge, 751 Myrtle Street, The Dalles, OR 97058. Additional Comments: Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon, Dan Spatz, Editor (e-mail dated 3/7/2006). File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/wasco/obits/w/worrell531gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb